Zack Martin named first-team All-Pro, 3 Cowboys on 2nd team

The NFL has announced the 2018 Associated Press All-Pro teams, and Dallas has four members.

Right guard Zack Martin was named to the first team. It is his third first-team nod in his five-year career, the others coming in 2014 and 2016, and he was named to the second team the two other years.

Martin stands as the only Cowboys player on the first team, but there are three members on the second team. Running back Ezekiel Elliott, cornerback Byron Jones and rookie linebacker Leighton Vander Esch were all honored.

For Jones and Vander Esch, it is their first nomination. For Elliott, it is his second first-team accolade, as he was first-team in his rookie season of 2016.

Tyron Smith and DeMarcus Lawrence were Pro Bowlers who were not named to the All-Pro team. While Lawrence doesn’t have the sack numbers of other edge rushers, he certainly was worthy based on the number of disruptive plays he makes in both the pass and the run game.

Vander Esch was beaten out for first-team by fellow rookie Darius Leonard of Indianapolis.

Here are the complete first and second teams.

The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro team selected by a national panel of 50 media members: Attached is the first team. pic.twitter.com/3BHTFoSr10